Often viewed by them as "a bunch of noise", Rock music is very complex. ... This opened the door to white acceptance of black music, replacing white cover versions of songs written by Blacks in favour of the R&B originals. It was ironic that the term Freed was using to make rhythm and blues more acceptable to a white audience, was slang for sex in the black community. ... Elvis was the first white performer to expose an audience to rock music. ... It's not just "a bunch of noise", it's a product of our society and our history....

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

An Alabama White Citizens' Council Member was once quoted saying "We've set up a 20-man committee to do away with this vulgar, animalistic, nigger rock and roll bop." ... This totally restricted black music flourished while white music languished of its self imposed limitations Soon enough at the hands of black innovators, country music came into being very urbanized and electric, and gospel transformed into "doo-wop." ... Yet, all that white American complacency could not hold back the vitality of Black R&B music, so a whole new sound emerged - Rock and Roll. ... And then in the...

• Word Count: 1510
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The last act walked onto the stage under a streaky morning sky with his white Fender Stratocaster slung over one shoulder and his wild black hair bound in a red headband (Piccoli 11-12). ... Hendrix in his day was sometimes criticized for making music that was too "white-, when in reality he was reaching past the pop soul and tabloid press(Farley 88). ... Above all he was a guitarist who created a new vocabulary of noise. ...

• Word Count: 2535
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The last act walked onto the stage under a streaky morning sky with his white Fender Stratocaster slung over one shoulder and his wild black hair bound in a red headband (Piccoli 11-12). ... Hendrix in his day was sometimes criticized for making music that was too "white-, when in reality he was reaching past the pop soul and tabloid press(Farley 88). ... Above all he was a guitarist who created a new vocabulary of noise. ...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School